A/N: Boring but necessary trip into villain's past… Read and review, please!
6. The Banished Dragon's Tale – Origin of Jiusenki's Evil Plot
After Jiusenki had stopped beating Koto for her mistake, Reishi approached him.
"Jiusenki-san, you realize that it is your own fault Koto made her mistake," she said levelly.
"What are you talking about?" Jiusenki growled, an angry vein bursting in his temple. He was still in a very angry mood since Koto had set free all the souls of the world and in no mood to be pinned at fault for his subordinates' snafus.
"If you had known the names of the two you wanted saved from your earthquake, Koto's mistake could have been avoided," Reishi replied smoothly. "Really, what kind of person wants to save two specific people but hasn't bothered to find out their names…?"
Jiusenki wasn't happy with Reishi's remark. Although it was true—if he had known their names, this could have been prevented—Jiusenki didn't want to pin the blame on himself. After all, he was the mastermind behind this plot, why should he be blamed for anything? His face turned even redder if possible as he glared at Reishi. Reishi continued to stare back, her large, bright green eyes blinking indifferently at the intimidating dragon demon. She knew she was in for a beating from him, but at the moment she just didn't care.
As expected, Jiusenki grabbed Reishi around the waist and hurled her at the wall. Reishi didn't scream; she took the beating and let Jiusenki have his way. There was no point in fighting back against such a strong demon.
After Jiusenki was satisfied with his act of brutality, he stormed back to his bedchambers to sulk. He sat down on his tattered black satin bed sheets and sighed. He had only heard about the demons that were called "Hiei" and "Kurama". He had never known their names, but he had heard the stories…
Many years ago, Jiusenki had lived in a village full of dragons in the Makai. There weren't many other demons of his type in the village, but there were enough to start their own kind of economy. They didn't associate much with any of the other Makai demons, usually keeping to themselves and going out only to hunt for food. Jiusenki was very young at the time he was banished from that village.
The young Jiusenki was a restless, young dragon demon, full of sprightliness and energy. He couldn't stay still for very long, and the confines of the dragon village were much too small for his liking. He had wanted to roam about and see the innumerable, vast sights that the region of Makai offered, but most of all, he wanted to kill. Being as young as he was, he wasn't able to go out with the older dragons of the village to hunt, but he had heard stories that the elders would tell about their hunting trips when they returned home to their mates. Tales of slicing demons to bits, tales of how their blood would stain the dirt forever… They intrigued young Jiusenki and made him lust for the blood of another.
The lust was so strong that finally, one day, he just snapped. With his sharp claws and teeth, he went berserk and killed another dragon in the village.
As it was against the Dragon Code of the village, Jiusenki had to be punished for his heinous act. He was to be banished from the village, have his wings clipped off, and sent to live in a deep, dark crater on the outskirts of their territory.
It had hurt immensely for Jiusenki to have his wings removed. They were the most sensitive part of his body, and the dragon elders had made sure they cut them off in the most painful way possible. Bleeding and in severe shock and pain, Jiusenki was pushed into the giant crater and left there to rot.
"May you live your life exiled in this god-forsaken crater until the day you die!" the chief of the elder dragons had spat as Jiusenki was pushed in.
The crater was filled with the bones and carcasses of other demons who were banished there as well. Jiusenki knew that these carcasses would only provide meat for a limited time, so he had to think fast if he wanted to escape and live to tell the tale. He couldn't fly out since his wings were cut, and he couldn't climb up the side of the crater wall; it was too smooth and lacking in proper footholds. Jiusenki, however, was determined to live. If he was going to die, he was going to die in a battle, not in a crater!
Many months later, Jiusenki's food supply of the demon carcasses started to run dangerously low. Jiusenki knew he only had about less than a month to live. He had to get out, and soon! YEt he was still no closer to coming up with a plot for escape; he had very few useful resources in the crater to use to get out, and he was losing hope.
But one day, his luck had decided to take a timely change for the better. Two hunters from Spirit World had stumbled across the crater and heard Jiusenki's angered grumbling noises coming from it. Curious, they lowered themselves down into the crater with ropes and saw Jiusenki, the banished dragon demon, at the bottom.
Jiusenki couldn't believe his eyes! These spirit hunters could help him escape! With a bit of bribing, Jiusenki was able to con the spirit hunters into helping him out. As they climbed up the rope, Jiusenki with much difficulty due to his huge claws, the spirit hunters told him what they were doing in the Makai.
"We were sent by King Yama to exterminate this whole village full of dragon youkai," one said.
Dragon Youkai village… that must be my village… Jiusenki thought. His heart filled with rage at the Spirit Hunters, but he kept it inside him. He couldn't kill these hunters just yet; they had to help him out first. Apparently they didn't know Jiusenki was a dragon because his wings had been clipped off.
Finally, they had all gotten out of the crater, and Jiusenki sniffed the warm, saturated air. It felt good not to be trapped in the smelly, dank crater anymore. But he would have to make time for exploring the world above later. He had to take care of the hunters…
"Thank you for helping me out," Jiusenki said gravely to the hunters. The hunters nodded. "No problem," they replied.
No problem indeed… scoffed Jiusenki, fighting the urge to scowl. Famous last words… And with one great swipe of his claws, he had slaughtered both of the hunters who had destroyed his village. While he was bitter toward the elders of the dragon village, there was one dragon there that he had loved… A young female dragon called Suvana, but she was now dead, thanks to Spirit World's hunters. For killing Suvana, the Spirit World had to pay…
So they were sent by King Yama… thought Jiusenki once the blood of the hunters had satisfactorily coated his claws. My dragon village would never do anything wrong that would upset King Yama! He must be punished for killing my village!
From that day forth, Jiusenki had devised a plot to destroy King Yama and all of his royal family and servants. And as an added, he could destroy all of Spirit World, and possibly even the Human World! He would have demons take over all three worlds, and he would be ruler of everything!
But first, to put his plot into action, he had to strengthen his Spirit Energy. It was very weak at the time, and Jiusenki was never a really powerful demon, but he was sure that with intensive training and help from corrupted demon psychics, he could do anything!
It had taken him several years to get him to the level he was at now – a near S Class demon with the power to wipe out the whole entire Human World – but he would need some help. He couldn't take over the worlds by himself…
While he was with the psychics, Jiusenki had heard stories, stories of a famous fox bandit and stories of a fire demon with a third eye. Both were very powerful, and these two demons intrigued Jiusenki. He decided that he wanted them to help him…
Later, he had found Reishi, the young intellectual humanoid creature who lived by herself in a deserted rainforest region. She had agreed to help him, and she then became the mastermind behind the technological part of Jiusenki's plan. Then there was Koto, his second helper. But now, thanks to Koto and her mistake of mixing up the people, his plan was basically ruined…
Still lying on his bed, Jiusenki sighed. After all those years of exile and years of intense, exhaustive training, his plan would fail…
No. It won't fail, he told himself. I will make sure, that even without the fox demon's help, I will take over Spirit World and became the new ruler!
NEXT TIME: A RAY OF HOPE – A FRIEND IN DESPERATE TIMES!
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